As part of my Dive Leader qualification, I organised a 2-day trip to Lundy Island in the Bristol Channel on the 19th & 20th of May, having dived there in 2022. The group consisted of 11 divers: Jake Pete Barry James Ian Hamish Marc Adam Geoff Joe Luke People […]
Project Baseline Midland Pools awarded the 2022 HRH Prince of Wales Scuba Prize on Behalf of BSAC On the 4th of March 2022, The Prince of Wales Scuba Prize was presented to the project leads and Project Baseline Midland Pools (PBMP) volunteers by BSAC’s Gavin Anthony at the Go Diving […]
Joseph joined Marlin Sub-Aqua Club in December 2022; he is sharing his story below, highlighting his goals for deeper diving and the importance of a community of like-minded people in BSAC and its charity work over other “for-profit” diving organisations. I started diving when we were allowed out of […]
Having set a goal of diving the wrecks of the First World War German High Seas Fleet, in this blog, part 2 of 2, Martin Maple discuss the team and personal equipment needed for our adventure. Twin-sets (called doubles in the USA) are two breathing gas cylinders mounted on the […]
Having completed an introductory diving course such as BSAC’s Ocean Diver many people wish to progress to deeper dives. Some have heard the term technical diving and are curious as to what that means. Questions arise such as why you would want to dive deeper than 20 metres, and if […]
With the clocks changing this weekend the diving season is starting to hot up. Well not in the water, which was 6ºC! But with drysuits donned that didn’t stop five members jumping in for a dip on Saturday. Join us next time? Get in touch today!
Did you know, ‘Meteorological Spring’ commences the first day of March every year? This maybe the case, but it certainly didn’t feel like it at Stoney Cove on Saturday morning 11th March 2023, the outdoor temperature was -2C when we arrived and the ground was still signs of snow which […]
Six flew directly from Gatwick to Sharm El Sheik from MSAC on Sunday 4th Sept and another joined us from Berlin arriving later the same night. Steve R organised the trip, which was postponed from 2020 twice, joined by Hugh, Jamie, James, Pete, Mike W and Sue (joining us from […]
Those who can remember the AGM of 2021 might recall a suggestion of diving for next year coming up. “Where do you want to go?” Ian asked. The final answer was Portland and just eight months later here we all are ready to get blown away. We make our way […]
On Friday 20th May 2022 a group from Marlin Sub-Aqua club headed for Lundy Island, for a weekend of diving, planned by Pete, staying at the Royal Britannia Hotel in Ilfracombe. The group consisted of Pete, Mike, Barry, Jake and James. The journey from Coventry in the West Midlands to […]